Target Killing: City courts employee shot dead
The police suspect that employee was killed by his in-laws.
KARACHI:
The Naib Qasid of the city courts was gunned down in Lines Area on Saturday. According to the police, 33-year-old Waseem Sheikh was on his way to his in-laws when armed motorcyclists shot and killed him. According to SHO Jehangir Maher, they had been following the victim who was shot six times. The shooters escaped before the police reached the site. Sheikh was a resident of Nawab Colony in Lasbella. He got married a year ago, which was the reason for a dispute between his and his wife’s family. The police suspect that he was killed by his in-laws. Sheikh had recently become a father. His body was taken to Jinnah hospital. No case was registered till the story was filed.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 27th, 2011.
The Naib Qasid of the city courts was gunned down in Lines Area on Saturday. According to the police, 33-year-old Waseem Sheikh was on his way to his in-laws when armed motorcyclists shot and killed him. According to SHO Jehangir Maher, they had been following the victim who was shot six times. The shooters escaped before the police reached the site. Sheikh was a resident of Nawab Colony in Lasbella. He got married a year ago, which was the reason for a dispute between his and his wife’s family. The police suspect that he was killed by his in-laws. Sheikh had recently become a father. His body was taken to Jinnah hospital. No case was registered till the story was filed.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 27th, 2011.